Sohag has basically just just as well as any of the SLAs in domestics, plus he's had a couple of good innings with the bat so it's really a no brainer to select him for A team duties due to variety reasons but also due to performance.

Originally Posted by Gowza
think it's harsh to call shakib a bits and pieces spinner, he's a genuine allrounder and is one of the best spinners in tests and ODIs. sunny hasn't been around long enough to figure out, he's had some great performances and some just ok ones. raz is a ODI and t20 spinner only.

also ajmal is the best spinner in the world atm by a margin, so tough to compare the average spinner to him, most won't get to his standard.

I don't think SS meant Shakib in that. But to be frank, Shakib also struggles in dead pitches. Like he did in this T20 WC. But while all the other class spinners had better success against even the same teams in the same pitch.

Still he was our best, but the rest of the bunch surely are bits and pieces spinners. They only can cause some trouble when the pitch is helping them. When the pitch stops helping a class spinner causes trouble with his brain... Change of angle, pace variation, length variation etc etc but our bowlers spin/pace alike are brainless, just like our batsmen... Just leave Shakib and look at the team...